How common is the surname Wachter?

4,601 people in the United States had the surname Wachter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,104 Americans. It ranked 7,247th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wachter?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wachter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wachter?

Anita Wachter, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Otto Wächter.

Where is the surname Wachter most common?

Wikidata records people named Wachter in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Wachter getting more or less common?

More common. 4,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,601 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Wachter

A surname, carried by 4,601 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wachter is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,601 people named Wachter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,104 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,513.

#7,247

rank among US surnames

4,601

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,866)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,243	Keough	4,605	67,046
#7,245	Adames	4,604	67,060
#7,246	Beltz	4,603	67,075
#7,247	Theodore	4,601	67,104
#7,253	Belden	4,600	67,119

Who is named Wachter

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Wachter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wachters

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anita Wachter
Austrian alpine skier, born 1967
Otto Wächter
Austrian Nazi lawyer and politician (1901-1949)
Matt Wachter
American musician, born 1976
Eberhard Wächter
Austrian baritone (1929–1992)

Notable Wachters come mostly from Austria (3) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wachter

Waechter

Wachter has the Soundex code W236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W236.

Questions

How common is the surname Wachter?: 4,601 people in the United States had the surname Wachter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,104 Americans. It ranked 7,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wachter?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wachter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wachter?: Anita Wachter, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Otto Wächter.
Where is the surname Wachter most common?: Wikidata records people named Wachter in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Wachter getting more or less common?: More common. 4,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,601 in 2010, up 1.9%.